Trick or Treat?

Not many people know this but my entire unsweetening began with a ritual.

I had to do something crazy in order to do something crazy like free myself from sugar, so I went trick or treating on Halloween!

Yes, TRICK OR TREATING.

And boy was it fun! Gwenn, Jacob, and I each got a nice bag of candy (see photo below) which I ate during the two days between Halloween and my birthday.

In fact that was all I ate—candy!

Then I quit sweets for a year.

My quit date had to be significant, thus my birthday.

The act of trick or treating showed the lengths at which I’d go to get sugar into my system.

As insane it may sound, it worked for me.

I created a ritual.

In this day and age, many of our rituals are based on products and advertising.

How about creating your own ritual?

Ritual: A detailed method of procedure faithfully or regularly followed.

Build a shrine to your healthy self and do sit ups, push ups, or jumping jacks in front of it every morning.

Burn a box of cookies once a week.

The point is, DO SOMETHING!

And most of all, make it FUN or you’ll never do it.

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